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Getting started with demand-driven acquisitions for e-books : a LITA guide /

Although it is impossible for one guide to provide a comprehensive overview of all e-book management issues that libraries face, Arndt answers the questions that arose when her library system began investigating demand-driven acquisitions for e-books in 2012. In doing so, Arndt provides a list of ma...

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Main Authors: Arndt, Theresa S
Published: ALA TechSource, an imprint of the American Library Association,
Publisher Address: Chicago :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: LITA guide
Subjects:
Libraries > Special collections > Electronic books
Use-driven acquisitions Libraries
Electronic books
Libraries and electronic publishing
Summary: Although it is impossible for one guide to provide a comprehensive overview of all e-book management issues that libraries face, Arndt answers the questions that arose when her library system began investigating demand-driven acquisitions for e-books in 2012. In doing so, Arndt provides a list of many of the questions that a library should ask of itself, its vendors, and its users. As such, this is a practical starting point for any library looking at DDA.
Item Description: "Literary and Information Technology Association"--Cover.
Carrier Form: xiv, 99 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-95) and index.
ISBN: 9780838913147 (paperback) :
0838913148 (paperback)
9780838913222 (PDF)
0838913229 (PDF)
9780838913239 (ePub)
0838913237 (ePub)
9780838913246 (Kindle)
0838913245 (Kindle)
Index Number: Z692
CLC: G255.75
Call Number: G255.75/A747
Contents: What is demand driven acquisition, and why do it? -- Local policy considerations and DDA management -- Optimizing user access with DDA -- Budgeting for DDA -- Cataloging aspects of DDA / by Kirk Doran -- Assessment of DDA -- Participating in DDA with a consortium -- Appendix A. DDA workflow using a library services provider and an e-book aggregator -- Appendix B. Common characteristics of successful DDA programs.

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